“A sustainable Chicago is a city that spends less on energy use with each passing year, creates goodpaying jobs in up-and-coming industries, responsibly maintains and upgrades its infrastructure, and ensures every Chicagoan has the opportunity to live a healthy and active lifestyle.� Mayor Rahm Emanuel
THE
UPTOWN EXCHANGE A CANNON DESIGN AND UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, cA+P JOINT VENTURE
“A real challenge that our society faces today is finding an intelligent way to physically restructure America’s cities. The current system of importing resources and exporting waste over long distances is incredibly inefficient.” Peter Ellis Principal, Cannon Design
TOMORROW
29 MILLION GALLONS OF STORMWATER RUNOFF DIVERTED THROUGH 1.5 MILLION SQ FT OF PERVIOUS SURFACES
ODA
445,000 MILLION GALLONS OF STORM WATER RUNOFF ON 23,000 MILLION SQ FT OF IMPERVIOUS SURFACES 1,241,492 EXISTING JOBS
23.79 MMT CO2E FROM ELECTRICITY 9.99 MMT CO2E FROM COAL
7.04 MMT CO2E FROM TRANSPORTATION 84,000 COMMUTE BY BICYCLE/WALKING
30 MILES OF PROTECTED BICYCLING FACILITIES
$48,000 MILLION SPENT ON FOOD $46,000 MILLION SPENT ON IMPORTED FOOD 1,500 MILES AVERAGE FOOD IMPORT DISTANCE 7.3 MILLION TONS OF WASTE GENERATED 2.4 MILLION TONS OF WASTE DIVERTED
150-200 JOBS ONE URBAN GROCERY STORE 15-22 JOBS $1M INVESTMENT IN WATER CONSERVATION 2,000 JOBS ENERGY RETROFITS -3.0 MMT CO2E
FROM
THE EQUIVALENT OF
20% ELECTRICITY REDUCTION
4 COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS
-1.12 MMT CO2E FROM DISTRIBUTED SOLUTIONS -.28 MMT CO2E FROM HOUSEHOLD SOLUTIONS
1.0 MMT CO2E FROM INCREASING PUBLIC TRANSIT/BIKING 1,000,000 COMMUTE BY BICYCLE/WALKING 100 MILES OF PROTECTED BICYCLING FACILITIES
$2,500 MILLION IN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY PRODUCED FROM 20% INCREASE IN LOCAL FOOD PRODUCTION 56 MILES AVG. FOOD IMPORT DISTANCE FROM LOCAL FOODS 7.3 MILLION TONS OF WASTE DIVERTED
LAKE MICHIGAN
WATER
CHICAGO
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
OUT OF THE CITY
TRANSPORTATION
OUT OF SIGHT
ENERGY
OUT OF MIND
WASTE
FOOD
+ JOBS
THE CITY TODAY
In the linear systems of today, a resource is used once and then discarded.
RAIN WATER
POTABLE WATER
GREY WATER BLACK WATER
PLASTIC
SEWER
GLASS RIVER
ORGANIC WASTE
METAL PAPER
LANDFILL
LANDFILL
LINEAR RESOURCE FLOW
CA L
YCLING REC L CA LO
GY
+
+
TATION E OR N ER LOCAL ENE SP RG Y AN
+
CHICAGO
MIC DEVELOPMENT
JOBS
TR
N IO AT RT
FO OD LO
OPMENT VEL DE
LOCAL T R A NS PO
WASTE
L
S OB LJ CA O
O FO
C
ECO TER NO A W M LOCAL WATER I D
OUT OF THE CITY
TRANSPORTATION
JOBS
JOBS
+
OUT OF SIGHT
ENERGY
JOBS
OUT OF MIND
WASTE
FOOD
THE CITY TOMORROW
BLACK WATER
Closed loop systems reuse and recycle resources. When multiple loops are used in conjunction, outputs from one loop can become inputs for another.
WATER TREATMENT
PLASTIC
RAIN WATER LANDSCAPING
GREY >> FILTRATION >> WATER POTABLE WATER
TOILET WATER
>>
>>
AQUIFER
GLASS METHANE GAS
ORGANIC WASTE
BIO>> DIGESTION >>
COMPOST
ENERGY
METAL PAPER RECYCLING PLANT
CIRCULAR RESOURCE FLOW
By reintroducing natural sustainable systems into the built environment, 21st Century cities will redefine what we consider to be resources while maximizing their use and reuse through integrated closed loop systems.
+ JOBS
+
JOBS
+
+
JOBS
JOBS
+
JOBS
SUSTAINABILITY COMPARISON
At what scale can that restructuring take place? We are suggesting that it might be best to start at the neighborhood scale. Site specific interventions may be more easily accepted and implemented than large scale agendas.
Uptown is on a vibrant trajectory. $500 million of private and public investments in the area, including the reconstruction of the Wilson stop. The new $200 million station will serve the Purple as well as the Red line, adding to the 6,000+ daily riders that use the stop. Densly populated community 23,000 student base at Truman College Active and dynamic community Progressive leadership
Uptown is the ideal node to begin forming a more sustainible Chicago.
N
0
200m
0 200ft
NO RT AY DW
A RO HB
WEST WILSON
Y WA
AD
RO
HB
RT
NO
WEST MONTROSE
CTA RED LINE EXISTING BIKE LANES EXISTING BIKE TRAILS FUTURE BIKE LANES
TRANSPORTATION
0
N
200m
0 200ft
NO AY DW
A RO HB
RT
WEST WILSON
Y WA
AD
RO
HB
RT
NO
WILSON SITE 1
WEISS HOSPITAL
2
TRUMAN COLLEGE
3
TARGET
4
STEWARD ELEMENTARY
5
JEWEL GROCERY
6
ALDI
7
UPLIFT COMMUNITY HS
WEST MONTROSE
UPTOWN DISTRICT
N
EXISTING SITE PLAN
TRUMAN COLLEGE
2
USE,
. Ft
77 Sq
l 02,0
h tota
ys wit
re 9 Sto
1
POT
3
WILSON
IXED
AL M ENTI
GERBER BUILDING
11 MAN TRU UNION T N E D STU ARKING &P
12 10
7
L NTIA POTE RCIAL E M COM ETAIL &R
4
9
6 8
13
T
E TARG
200
5
ALDI
KI
UN
J MC
ING
ILD
U NB
BR
O
Y WA AD
YSIDE
SUNN
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
RECEPTACLES BIODIGESTER BIKE PATH BIKE SHARE RAINWATER COLLECTION PERMEABLE PAVEMENT BIOSWALES GREEN ROOFS TRELLIS UNDER TRACKS GREEN PEDESTRIAN PATHS MIXED-USE TENSILE CANOPY PLAZA
N
PROPOSED SITE PLAN
34%
These sets of receptacles will be implemented first at the Wilson Station to raise awareness for a more environmentally sensitive system of recycling.
11%
The receptacles will then be installed at every station throughout Chicago, and then at other high-traffic areas throughout the city.
26% 5% 4%
The organic bin replaces the traditional waste receptacle and is fed into the on-site bio-digester
METHANE COMPOST A NEW PARADIGM IN
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
BIODIGESTER RECEPTACLE LOCATIONS BIKE PATH BIKE SHARE STATION
PROPOSED INTERVENTIONS
WATER COLLECTION PERMEABLE PAVING BIOSWALES
GREEN ROOFS TRELLIS UNDER THE TRACKS NATURAL LANDSCAPING
MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT TENSILE STRUCTURE PEDESTRIAN PLAZA
PROPOSED INTERVENTIONS
WILSON YARDS GREEN ROOF
UNSOLD PRODUCE + FOOD WASTE
BIOSWALE FILTRATION BIODIGESTER
RAINWATER COLLECTION PERMEABLE PAVEMENT
CLOSED-LOOP SYSTEM
The Uptown Exchange explores the possibilities for reclaiming the underutilized space found under and around transit nodes.
WILSON RE-IMAGINED
MULTI-USE PUBLIC PLAZA
FARMER’S MARKET
FOOD TRUCK MARKET
PARKING LOT
24-HOUR ACTIVE HUB
VIBRANT NIGHT LIFE
These principles can be replicated at several different scales, and customized to fit a variety of contexts, positively affecting resource flows at the neighborhood level as well as the city and district levels.
TOMORROW STARTS TODAY
770 MILLION
gallons drawn per day from Lake Michigan
0.4% 0.3%
1500 MILES
other renewable hydroelectricgas, petroleum, and other
50%
average distance food travels
84,000 walking/ biking commuters
30 MILES
bikeways
26%
households are car free
of impervious surface in 2010 (region)
41% of US food goes to
average time per person in congestion each year
recycled paper equals
single passenger cars drive to work
525,000 ACRES
71 HOURS 1 TON
nuclear
$1800 avg cost per household on energy
2%
energy is from renewable resources
$46 billion
spent on imported food.
$2 billion
spent on local food.
45% waste is recycled
7.67 MILLION TONS
of waste generated annually
$8 BILLION
avg water use of household
Congestion cost in 2010 17 trees 30% 19% 15% 380 gallons of oil laundry outdoor toilets 3 cubic yards of landfill space 12% 11% faucets showers 4000 kW of energy and food dollars are spent on imported 9% 4% 7000 gal water leaks other foods
96%
4 MILLION
38%
energy reduction in city facilities over past decade
Increase in weekday ridership by 2040 (region)
2%
Decrease water use annually
CITY OF TOMORROW
of emissions in the region come from the consumption of electricty and natural gas, or energy used in buildings
47.6% coal 48.9% 2.8% natural gas
CITY OF TODAY
63%
ENERGY SOURCE
20%
increase local food production
WASTE DIVERSION
25% of food 93% of yard
within a 1/4 mile of fixed-route transit stop by 2040
48 LBS
of carbon dioxide catured annually by urban tree
by 2040
100,000 ACRES
1 MILLION
Redevelopment of underutilized land by 2040.
walking/ biking commuters
100 miles bikeways
56 MILES
average distance local food travels
sq miles per year converted to impermeable surface
improve citywide energy efficiency
annual stormwater collection of a green alley
40%
residential units retrofited by 2020, reducing GHG emissions by 1.44 MMTCO2e*.
jobs created with one urban grocery
5%
80%
1.5 MILLION 150-200
75% of residents 80% of jobs
$2.5 BILLION
20 MW
Create an additional of renewable energy.
generated by local food production
900,000 TONS decrease into landfills 2005 to 2010
2000 JOBS
created by Chicago infrustructure trust retrofits